Actually I intended to reply to Rosco P. Coltrane who wrote "America is fucked because Americans are hopeless" and I disagreed. But now at I am here and we're discussing on potential improvements, the simplest single change that would make the largest impact would be to move away from the winner-takes-all method for the Electoral College. That would allow more parties to join on a regular basis, therefore promoting more debates, and reducing polarisation. It isn't a panacea, but a necessary step. Also from what I understand it does not require a change at the US constitutional level.

Maybe it can't go through your mind but DEI is what world-class institutions do *in order to achieve scientific excellence*. Maybe you can discuss an excess here or there in the USA, but the concept is now accepted by both left and right in the world.

NCAR provides information such that policymakers can make decisions that can reduce pollution or better plan for bad weather or a changing climate.

The USA are fucked because their electoral system occasionally allows for a losing candidate to be elected, as it happened with W Bush and Trump (who then proceeded earn a reputation for f up a lot of things). We can't redo history but assuming the 2016 election got the result the popular vote should have given it, you'd be now in a Trump first term, or in a pause in between two terms, and Trump would probably be too mentally impaired to show up for a second term after that.

It was announced by someone called "Russell Vought" who apparently works for your government https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Frussvought%2Fstatu...

PBS limits themselves to faithfully repeat the words of your government official. In case you prefer other source, it was also featured on CNN, NBC, CBS, NY Times, LA Times, MSN, USA Today, and others.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2025%2F1...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Feu.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2F...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fscienc...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2025%2F1...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fenviro...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fm...

Indeed there is no reason for a connection. What I think is happening is Shein and JD.com, maybe others, decided to open retail shops in Europe, so their revenue from Europe is now soaring.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fec.europa.eu%2Fcommissio...

Repost from an AC some days ago https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2F...

The lesson is to make backups. I am personally very surprised that such a technically competent person would be "locked out of his professional and personal life without recourse" meaning he never though backing up his contents, even to a simple USB drive.

Also I would argue the lesson "Avoid Apple" doesn't apply to him, he had to choose a field where his competences made him a livelihood. It's like developers who publish apps on Apple App Store because they sell well, not because they love Apple.

I think the point of the OP wasn't to assess if this guy has a chance, but stating that this guy can try his luck but whatever the outcome, the chances for regular folks are infinitely less.

Thanks, you're right, also cinephiles.

They care who wins because they're part of it. If you were the perchman or holding the lights or doing a minuscule post-processing task, and the movie you were working on earns an award, you're also part of what made it a success.

It does not matter if it's unprofitable as a standalone activity. It will remain unprofitable for as long as the raw products remain available from the ground. It still should be made compulsory to have batteries recycled, and the cost for that is a part made part of using EV technology (through purchase price).

The same argument also applies to your proposal for synthetic fuels. It's unprofitable to synthetise fuels from algae as long as we can just pump fuel from the ground. Still we should do it. Every little bit helps.

It appeals to: 405,000 workers of the US motion picture industry (source: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statista.com%2Fstati... ) and their families, possibly more workers motion picture industry outside of the US as well; and the millions of shallow people who live through following the life of celebrities.

Some countries are using a zero-sum mechanism where subsidies the EV are taken from a fund replenished by a new sales tax on the most polluting ICEs.

This is the page you meant to link: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...